Location: Granada, Nicaragua, Central America (50 minutes from Managua International Airport)
Accommodations: Home, 3 Bedrooms, 3 Baths (Sleeps 6)
Casa Gallo is an old colonial home 4 blocks from the Central Park, in a quiet area of large colonial homes. This 5,330 square foot house was restored and modernized in 2004 to serve as a delightful vacation rental home. It has been judged one of the top three vacation rental homes in Granada!
There are three bedrooms (one 20' x 20' x 15' high), 3 bathrooms, dining area, kitchen with bar, a large living room or sala, a TV/Library, with all rooms fronting on the large interior courtyard. A small pool, gazebo and fountain dominate the central garden area. A wrought iron table and chairs are in the center of the gazebo.
There are two distinct seating areas in the interior courtyard in addition to the dining area, kitchen bar, and gazebo seating. The home has been furnished in colonial style, with antiques and replicas. There is an employee room and bath. To the rear of the home are stairs to a second level balcony or mirador with roof, with seating facing Mombacho Volcano.
This old colonial home also has a garage. All bedrooms have bathrooms with hot water showers and split compressor air conditioners with remote controls, as well as ceiling fans. Two bedrooms have queen beds and cable TV, the third has twin beds. There is a laundry room with washer & dryer.
Our housekeeper will wash clothes and iron upon request. A conventional phone is installed and may be used with a phone deposit. Two cellular phones are made available for guests' use.
We just ask that you pay for the time cards you use. Our staff will help you with this. A high speed internet connection is installed.
An additional walled garden area (El Jardin Secreto/The Secret Garden) of 2,300 square feet with fruit trees, banana plants, bougainvillea and lawn is entered through a door at the rear of the mirador into a large covered patio. Total Casa Gallo area is 8,500 square feet including gardens. The gardener/guard, José, and the housekeeper, Miurel (speaks fair English), work 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., M-F or till work is done.
José works Saturday morning, Miurel Sunday morning. José will stay overnight when guests at our Granada rental house want to have an overnight at the beach or elsewhere, such as the Selva Negra Coffee Plantation.
Casa Gallo has an automatic standby water system of 750 liters, and two battery-inverter standby electrical systems that provide essential 110 volt power for much of the house.
Rental rates are $950 per weeks, $3000 per month, utilities included. Deposits will be required. No long term rentals. We have a property manager who will assist you when you arrive in Granada.
Vacation Rental Features
- Amenities
- Air Conditioning
- Washer
- Dryer
- Linens Provided
- Garage
- Off Street Parking
- Beds
- Queen Bed (2)
- Twin/Single Bed (2)
- Entertainment
- Cable/Satellite TV
- DVD
- VCR
- Video Library
- CD Player
- Stereo System
- Private Pool
- Kitchen
- Full Kitchen
- Cooking Utensils Provided
- Refrigerator
- Dishwasher
- Microwave
- Catering Available
- Outdoor Features
- Deck/Patio
- Balcony
- Gazebo
- View/Location
- Mountain View
- Communications
- Telephone
- Cell Phone (2)
- Broadband Internet
- Other Amenities
- Two garden areas, full time staff, media room, back-up water system and 110v back-up electrical system, 19 ceiling fans, 8,500 sq. ft. including gardens
- Suitability
- No Pets Allowed
- Handicapped Accessible (may have limitations)
- Wheelchair Accessible (may have limitations)
- Smoking Not Allowed
- Activities (on site and nearby)
- Shopping
- Sightseeing
- Restaurants
- Kayaking
- Hiking
- Fitness Center/Gym
- Antiquing
- Cinemas/Movie Theaters
- Museums
Rate Details (In US Dollars)
$100-$150/night (3 night minimum)
$650-$950 per week
$2600-$3,000 per month
Note: Until confirmed, rates are subject to change without notice.
Credit Cards Accepted:
Owner's Profile
Owner Description
Frank and Vanita live in Aurora, Colorado, a suburb of Denver. Frank is retired from the Air Force, and Vanita from United Air Lines (First Officer, B-727). We have a mountain home in southern Colorado just east of the Spanish Peaks, and a Cessna 182 hangared at the Front Range Airport near DIA. We are very involved in area general aviation activities and organizations.
Why the Owner Chose Granada
We built a home in Costa Rica (Playa Potrero) and the later sold it and moved across the bay to Playa Flamingo (Guanacaste). We spent most of each year for 9 years n Costa Rica, but when we visited Granada, the oldest city of the Americas and a beautifully preserved colonial city, we fell in love with it. There are so many activities in and around Granada, and the fact that it is a walking city as opposed to living on the beach which required driving to anywhere. We bought our old colonial home in 2003, and it took a year to restore and modernize it. The roof was completely removed except for beams, all new plumbing, electricity, added a pool, gazebo, a second rear garden and balcony and new rooms in the rear, but yet kept intact the basic colonial structure. Beautiful cedro real doors and windows with rare caoba frames are original, as are all the taquezal walls, large post and beams supporting the roof,and two rooms have the original floor tile in designs no longer found. The house is in a quiet aea, secure, with large mansions nearby. It is 4 blocks to the Central Park, where it tends to be noisier.
The Unique Benefits of this Home
Within walking distance there are very nice restaurants and the Central Park. Also 5 blocks away is the new La Colonia supermarket which is stateside-quality. It is 20 minutes to the zip lines of Mombacho Volcano, 20 minutes to the nursery area of Catrina, ceramics town of San Juan del Oriente, and the mirador of Laguna de Apoyo, where resataurants and a wide vista overlook the volcanic laguna Apoyo and out to Granada, Lake Nicaragua, and beyond. Below is lakeside access to the Laguna de Apoyo, where small resorts offer swimming and boating. The Masaya Volcano National Park is about 25 minutes away, where one parks right at the rim of the smoking volcano. Not quite so far is the Masaya Artisans' Market. The Pacific Ocean is a bit more than an hour away, the ferry to Ometepe Island about an hour fifteen, Lake Nicaragua and the isletas a 10 minute taxi from Casa Gallo.
Property Photos
- Central garden with pool, gazebo and fountain - Granada Vacation Home with Internet
- Fountain, garden - Granada Vacation Home with Internet
- Balcoony (mirador) with view of Mombacho Volcano - Granada Vacation Home with Internet
- Full kitchen, bar w/4 stools, dining area to the right
- Bedroom 20' x 20') w/queen, cable tv, closets, ceiling fan, a/c, bathroom
- Twin bed bedroom with bathroom, ceiling fan, a/c
Vacation Rentals by Owner Listing #200059
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